(a) On or before January 1 of each year, the county clerk of each county shall make out and deliver to the county assessor, in books prepared for that purpose, an abstract containing a description of each tract or lot of land situated within the boundaries of any city or town and additions thereto which have been regularly platted into lots and blocks. In the case of real estate situated within the boundaries of any city or town and additions thereto which have been regularly platted into lots and blocks, the county clerk shall proceed according to the plan or plat thereof, commencing with the lowest number of the block and lot of each city, town, or addition and proceed numerically with all lots in a block and all blocks in a city, town, or addition until completed.

(b) On or before January 1 of each year, the county clerk shall make out and deliver to the county assessor, in books prepared for that purpose, an abstract containing a description of each tract of land situated outside the boundaries of any city or town and additions thereto which have been regularly platted into lots and blocks. In case of acreage land, he or she shall commence the abstract in the lowest number in township and range in his or her county, and in the northeast corner of each township, and shall proceed numerically with all sections, townships, and ranges in his or her county first setting down all the subdivisions of each section as they belong to different individuals or the whole section together if owned by one (1) person and not divided on account of parcels being of different value.

(c) The abstract in each case shall show the name of the owner, if known, and the number of acres or quantity of land contained in each call.

(d) No failure to observe any of these requirements shall be held to vitiate any assessment if the lands are so described as to be identified.